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Preliminary drawing of a head and foot
Blocks of fine limestone such as this were used to line the walls of the tomb chapel and provide a surface for the decoration. Visible here is the preliminary drawing of a head in profile and the front of a foot from the register above, meant as the basis for relief carvings that were never completed.
Artwork Details
- Title: Preliminary drawing of a head and foot
- Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 11–18
- Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Sebeknakht (MMA 808), MMA excavations, 1913–14
- Medium: Limestone, ink
- Dimensions: H. 16.6 × W. 18.5 × D. 5.3 cm (6 9/16 × 7 5/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
- Object Number: 14.1.414a
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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